Subscriber signaling system



Oct. 20, 1953 G. v. MORRIS ETAL 2,656,409

SUBSCRIBER SIGNALING SYSTEM Original Filed March 15, 1949 3 Sheets-Sheet. l

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Original Filed March 15, 1949 Patented ct. 20, 195823 SUBSCRIBER SIGNALING SYSTEM George V. Morris, Melrose Park, and Bertrand J. Miller, Oak Park, Ill., assignors to Zenith Radio Corporation, a corporation of Illinois 18 Claims. l

This application is a division of copending application Serial No. 81,552, entitled Subscriber Signalling System, filed March l5, 1949, in the name of George V. Morris et al., noW abandoned in favor of continuing application Serial No. 245,178, iiled September 5, 1951, and assigned to the present assignee.

This invention relates to electrical signalling systems, and more particularly to such systems of the subscriber type in which an electrical signal is radiated in coded form ior reproduction solely in subscriber receivers upon the receipt of a suitable key signal, and in which means are provided for recording the time of use of the key signal by the various receivers so that a suitable charge may be made to the individual subscribers for the subscription service.

Copending application Serial No. 742,374, Ellett et al., led April 18, 1947, and entitled Radio Wire Signalling System, which has novv issued to Patent No. 2,510,046, May 30, 1950, and copending application Serial No. 773,848, Roschke, lled September 17, 1947, and entitled Image Transmission System, now issued as Patent 2,547,598, both assigned to the present assignee, disclose various types of subscriber signalling systems. In the systems described in those applications, a television signal is radiated to subscriber receivers in coded form and a key signal necessary to decode the coded television signal is transmitted to such receivers over a suitable line circuit, such as an existing telephone line.

The present invention is directed to a similar type of subscription system, with the exception that herein the key signal is radiated to the subscriber receivers concomitantly with the coded signal, and no line circuit is required between the transmitter and the various subscriber receivers. This system has the advantage that it avoids any objection that might be raised to the use of public utility line circuits for the distribution of the required key signal. A further advantage of the present system is that a subscriber receiver may receive the key signal and decode the coded signal Whenever it is tuned to receive the coded signal, and no special eiort need be made by the subscriber to request and receive this key signal.

It is, therefore, an object of this invention to provide an improved signalling system of the subscription type in which a coded television signal and a key signal for decoding the coded signal are transmitted to subscriber receivers over a common signal channel, the coded signal being decoded and reproduced in the subscriber receivers in response to the key signal.

Another object of this invention is to provide a subscription system in which a high degree of synchronism between the receiver and transmitter systems is not required, and the need for expensive and complicated synchronizing apparatus is therefore precluded.

A further object of this invention is to provide such a system in which apparatus is included at the respective subscriber receivers for determining the time of use of the key signal by each receiver so that a suitable charge may be made for the subscription service, and in which system further means are provided whereby difierent programs represented by the coded signal may be given diierent entertainment values and the apparatus at the respective receivers may be adjusted to indicate the times of use of the key signal qualied by the value of the program received, so that the charge made to the various subscribers may be modified in accordance with the quality of the programs received.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel method of subscription broadcasting for facilitating the assessment of a selected charge.

An additional object of the invention is to provide a novel transmitter for producing a carrier-wave signal having' modulation components representing transmitted intelligence and coded in accordance with a predetermined coding schedule.

A still further object of the present invention is to provide a subscriber television transmitter for producing a coded carrier-Wave signal having modulation components representing transmitted intelligence and having interposed key-signal components, Where the modulation components occur in different modes from time to time and where each change of mode occurs a predetermined time after a corresponding one of the keysignal components.

In its broader aspects, the invention is directed to a novel method of subscription broadcasting which comprises the steps of producing a signal representing intelligence to be broadcasted, coding the signal in accordance with a prescribed coding schedule, generating at least one signal representing a selected charging rate for the broadcast intelligence, and transmitting the coded signal and the charging signal to subscriber receivers.

A subscription transmitter constructed in accordance with one feature of the invention comprises apparatus for producing a modulated zontal sweep generator 2| through the delay line and switch 20. The coding of the television signal is effected by delaying at spaced time intervals the video-signal components thereof relative to the horizontal synchronizing-signal components, the delay being caused by actuation of the delay line and switch at these intervals. This actuation of the delay line and switch 20 causes the horizontal synchronizing pulses passing therethrough to be delayed a predetermined amount and, therefore, causes the horizontal scanning of the device l0 to be similarly delayed. Actuation of the delay line and switch 20 is controlled by the coding signal lter and switch operator 22, this operator responding to the coincidence of a burst of signal on the leads 44 with vertical blanking pulses on the leads 23. The presence of a burst of signal on the leads 44 has no effect on the operator 22 until the occurrence of the next succeeding vertical blanking pulse on the leads 23 following the initiation of the burst. By this means, each change in timing of the video-signal component as the television signal is altered from one mode to the other is made to occur during vertical retrace intervals. Therefore, since changes in mode of the television signal occur during retrace intervals, the image represented by this signal may be reproduced free of the distortion that would arise if such changes were made during trace intervals. The transmitter operation thus far described is identical to that disclosed in the aforementioned Roschke Patent 2,547,598 and a further description thereof is believed to be unnecessary.

The operation of the remaining portion of the system of Figure 1 may best be understood by reference to Figure 2. The wave form of curve 2A represents vertical blanking pulses 55 which are generated in the unit l5. The horizontal synchronizing-signal components and videosignal components of the television signal occur in the intervals between the successive pulses 55, and for purposes of simplicity are not shown. In accordance with this embodiment of the invention the timing of the video-signal components is altered during spaced time intervals to eifect coding of the television signal. To cause such alteration in the video-signal components, the vertical blanking pulses of the wave form shown in curve 2A are supplied to the frequency divider 3l in which they are frequency divided. This frequency division is made preferably at a random rate, in which case the divider 3! may take the form of the circuit disclosed in the aforementioned Roschke Patent 2,538,413. The frequency divided pulses 5| from the divider 3l are shown in the wave form of curve 2B and these pulses are supplied to the multivibrator 52, which may be of any well known design. The multivibrator 32 is arranged to produce pulses 52, as shown in the wave form of the curve 2C, in response to the pulses 5l applied thereto. The multivibrator 32 is adjust-ed so that the pulses 52 have a duration corresponding to any desired number of field intervals, and in the illustrated embodiment they are shown as having a duration that is slightly longer than one field interval. The pulses 52 from the multivibrator are used to trigger the coding signal oscillator 33 to produce bursts'of coding signal 53 shown in the wave form of the curve 2D. The bursts of coding signal 53 are applied to the recorder head 35 over the `leads 35 and are recorded on the magnetic disc` 39.

The magnetic disc 39 is driven by the synchronous motor 38 through the reduction gea'r t0, the synchronous motor being energized from the alternating current source 3l. The speed of the magnetic disc is such that the time delay between a signal recorded on the disc by the head 35 and picked up by the head 42, corresponds to a predetermined number of field intervals. The bursts of coding signal 54 picked up by the head 42 are shown in the wave form of the curve 2E, and in the illustrated embodiment the time delay imparted to the coding signal corresponds to one field interval.

The bursts of coding signal 5d from the pickup head 42 are supplied to the coding signal lter and switch operator 22 wherein the first vertical blanking pulse succeeding the initiation of a burst 5t causes the operator to control the delay line and switch 20 to change the characteristics of the television signal from the first to the second mode. In the same manner, the first vertical blanking pulse 50 succeeding the termination of a burst causes the operator 22 to control the delay line and switch 20 to change the characteristics of the television signal back to the first mode.

The pick-up head i2 is adjustable, as shown by the arrows, into several fixed positions and this head may be adjusted so that each of the coding signal bursts 52 occurs a selected number of field periods later than the corresponding bursts 53 applied to the recorder head 35. Therefore, adjustment of the pick-up head into any one of its xed positions determines the number of field intervals, after the initiation of a coding signal burst 53 by the oscillator 33, that the corresponding burst 55 is applied to theswitch operator 22. The head 42 is made adjustable into these fixed positions so that the chargesmade to the various subscribers may be determined by the quality of the program transmitted. For example, when the head d2 is fixed in the position that the delay between the bursts 53 and corresponding bursts 54 corresponds to one field interval, a second rate program may be transmitted. Furthermore, when the head -62 is fixed so that this delay between the bursts 53 and 54 corresponds to two field intervals, a first rate program may be transmitted, and so on. In a manner to be described, means are provided at the subscriber receivers so that the cost of the programs received may be determined at an accruing rate which is a function of the eldinterval delay between the bursts 53 and 55, and the time of use of a received key signal.

An erasing signal from the source 43 is supplied to the erasing head 4 l, and this signal erases the bursts 54 after they have passed the pick-up head 52. Therefore, each burst 53 supplied to the recorder head -35 is recorded on the disc 35, picked up a short interval later by the head 42, and then erased by the head 4|.

The bursts of coding signal 53 appearing on the leads 34 cause bursts of multiplied equalizer pulses to be inserted in the television signal to form a key signal, in a mannerv similar to that disclosed 1n copending application Serial No. 75,988, Herrick et al., entitled Subscriber Signalling System, led February 12, 1949, and assigned to the present assignee. To this end these bursts are impressed on the phasing circuit 21 together with frequency multiplied equalizer pulses from the frequency multiplier 25 shown in wave form in curve 2F, and vertical blanking pulses from the unit I6. The coincidence of keachburst the two blanking pulses occurring in each key- 'signal burst 53 although only the modulation of one such blanking pulses has been indicated in Figure 2. Since the multivibrator 'H of the receiver is triggered in one sense by the modulation of the first vertical blanking pulse of each pair of such pulses that are modulated by the frequency-multiplied equalizer pulses, and since the multivibrator remains triggered for the time required to generate pulse 52 of curve 2C, the modulation of the last pulse of each pair may be disregarded.

When it is desired that the receiver reproduce conventional uncoded television signals, the switch 'i8 is opened disabling the motor lll, and the receiver unit Eii is tuned to any one of these desired conventional television signals. In the absence of the decoding signal burst from the pick-up head 8e, the operator 13 is designed to set the delay line and switch 66 in a position where it has no effect on the horizontal synchronizing pulses passing therethrough. Therefore, when the switch *I8 is open the device 63 correctly reproduces such conventional television signals.

When it is desired to reproduce a coded subscription television signal such as the type transmitted by the transmitter of Figure 1, the switch '.18 is closed and the head 80, which is adjustable as shown by the arrows into several fixed positions, is adjusted so that each burst of decoding signal recorded on the disc l by the head 19 is impressed on the operator i3 in a delayed state, this delayed state corresponding to a predetermined number of field periods. Such adjustment of the head 8@ controls the recording rate of the recorder 83, and whenever the switch '18 is closed the recorder 83 records the revolutions of the motor 'ill at a rate determined by the setting of the head 88. For a relatively low quality program it may be decided that the delay in coding signal bursts between the recording head 35 and the pick-up head i2 at the transmitter is to be an interval corresponding to one field period. To decode such a program, the pick-up head 8) at the receiver must be set to a similar position to delay the bursts of decoding signal between the recording head 1S and the pick-up head 80 a time equivalent to one field period. Such an adjustment causes the recorder 83 to record at a predetermined rate. Similarly for higher quality programs the delay at the transmitter may be two eld periods, and when the head 8i! at the receiver is adjusted for such a delay, this adjustment causes the recorder 83 to record at a higher rate than in the case of the high quality program. The recorder 83 may be situated in any convenient location and read from time to time to vdetermine the periodic charges to be made to the subscriber, such charges occurring on an equitable basis from the corresponding recording rates for vthe various degrees of quality of the subscription programs.

It is apparent that any of the units illustrated in the described embodiment of the invention may be replaced by equivalent units without departing from the invention. For example, the disc recorders may be replaced by tape recorders, simple delay networks, or other types of signal storage devices. Furthermore, as previously stated, the invention is clearly applicable to other subscription signalling systems wherein the coding of the television signal is effected by altering characteristics thereof other than the timing of the various components constituting the signal,

One particular advantage of the present system resides in the lack of any necessity for providing therein for absolute synchronism either in phase or in speed of rotation between the disc 39 at the transmitter and the disc 15 at the receiver. This eliminates the need for expensive and complicated circuits at the transmitter and receiver to eiect this absolute synchronism, and enables these discs to be driven by inexpensive synchronous motors energized from reasonably stable alternating current sources at the transmitter and at the receiver. Each code signal burst in the system is separately recorded, delayed, reproduced and erased and should the discs at the transmitter and receiver be slightly out of synchronism as to speed of rotation, the eiect of this is not cumulative. Furthermore, each code signal burst acts with a succeeding vertical synchronizing pulse to initiate the coding and decoding circuits and, therefore, phase discrepancies between the discs equivalent to a major portion of a field period or less do not affect the proper operation of the system.

This invention provides, therefore, a subscription television system that is not unduly complicated, that operates Without the need of an interconnecting line circuit between the transmitter and the various subscriber receivers, and in which charges for the subscription service are placed on an equitable basis determined by the number and quality of the programs received.

While a specific embodiment of the invention has been shown and described, modifications may be made. It is intended in the appended claims to cover all such modifications as fall within the true spirit and scope of the invention.

We claim:

l. A subscription type of wave-signal transmitting system comprising: apparatus for producing a modulated carrier-wave signal having modulation components representing intelligence to be transmitted; a coding devicecoupled to said apparatus and responsive to an applied coding signal for varying the mode of operation of said transmitting system to effect coding of said modulated signal; a generator for producing a coding signal during spaced intervals in accordance with a coding schedule; means coupled to said coding-signal generator and to said apparatus and controlled in accordance with said coding schedule for including in said modulated signal key-signal components respectively representing said spaced intervals; time-delay apparatus coupling said generator to said coding device and exhibiting a preselected time delay so that each actuation of said coding device is delayed with respect to the corresponding key-signal component of said modulated signal by said preselected time; and means for transmitting said coded modulated signal to a point remote from said transmitting system.

2. A subscription type of wave-signal transmitting system comprising: apparatus for producing a modulated -carrier-wave signal having modulation components representing intelligence to be transmitted; a coding device coupled to said apparatus and responsive to an applied coding signal for varying the mode of operation of said transmitting system to eiect coding of said modulated signal; a generator for producing a coding signal during spaced intervals; a network coupled to said generator and to said apparatus for including in said modulated signal key-signal bursts respectively representing said spaced intervals; time-delay apparatus coupling said generator to said :coding device andexhi-biting -a preselected time delay so that each actuation :of said coding device is delayed with vrespect to the corresponding key-signal burst of .said modulated' signal by said preselected time; .and means for transmitting said coded modulated signal to a point remote from -said transmitting system.

`3. A subscription type of `Wave-signal transmitting system comprising: apparatus for producing a modulated carrier-Wave signal having modulation components representing intelligence to be transmitted; a coding device -coupled to said apparatus and responsive to .an applied coding .signal for Avarying the mode of operation of said transmitting system to effect coding of said modulated signal; a generator for producing a coding signal during spaced intervals in -accordance with a coding schedule; `means coupled to said codingr signal generator and to said apparatus and 4controlled in accordance with said coding schedule' for including in said modulated signal key-signal Icomponents respectively representing said spaced intervals; adjustable time-delay apparatus coupling said generator to said coding device and .exhibiting an adjustable time delay so that each actuation of said coding device is delayed with respect to the corresponding key-signal component of said modulated signal by a preselected time interval; and means for transmitting said coded modulated signal to a point remote from said transmitting system.

4. A subscription type of television transmitting system comprising: a picture-converting device and an associated scanning system for generating video signals representing a subject scanned by said device; synchronizing-signal generating apparatus coupled to said scanning system for controlling said scanning system and for generating synchronizing signals representing the timing characteristics of said device; a mixer amplifier coupled to said device and to said generating apparatus for producing a composite television signal including in alternation said video signals and said synchronizing signals; a coding device coupled to said scanning system and responsive to an applied coding signal for varying the mode of operation of said transmitting system to effect coding of said television signal; a coding-signal generator for producing a coding signal during spaced intervals in accordance with a coding schedule; means coupled to said coding-signal generator and to said mixer and controlled in accordance With said coding schedule for including in said television signal key-signal components respectively representing said spaced intervals; time-delay apparatus coupling said coding-signal generator to said coding device and exhibiting a preselected time delay so that each actuation of said coding device is delayed with respect to the corresponding key-signal component of said television signal by said preselected time; and means coupled to said mixer for transmitting said coded television signal to a point remote from said transmitting system.

5. A subscription type of television transmitting system comprising: a picture-converting device and an associated scanning system for generating video signals representing a subject scanned by said device; synchronizing-signal generating apparatus for controlling said scanning system and for generating synchronizing signals representing the timing characteristics of said device; a mixer amplifier coupled to said device and to said generating apparatus for producing a composite television signal including in alternation said video signals and said synchro- .nizing signals; a coding device coupled to said scanning system .and responsive to an applied .coding signal for varying the mode ofyoperation .of said transmitting system to effect coding of said television signal; a coding-signal generator for producing a coding signal during spaced intervals; means-coupled to said coding-signal generator and to said mixer for including in said television .signal key-signal bursts respectively representing said spaced intervals; signal storage apparatus coupling said coding-signal generator to said .coding device for storing .said coding signal for a preselected time interval so that each actuation of said coding device is delayed with lrespect to the corresponding key-signal burst of said television signal by said preselected time interval; and means coupled to said mixer for transmitting said coded television signal to a point remote from said transmitting system.

.6` Asubscription type of television transmitting system comprising: apparatus for producing a composite television signal representing image information to be transmitted by said transmitter; `a coding device coupled to said apparatus and responsive to an applied coding signal for varying the mode of operation of said transmitting system to effect coding of said television signal; a generator for producing a coding signal during spaced intervals in accordance with a coding schedule; means `coupled to said generator and to said apparatus and controlled in accordance with said coding schedule for including in said television signal key-signal components respectively representing said spaced intervals; a signal recording medium movable along a given path; va recording head coupled to said generator and positioned at one point along said path for recording said coding signal on said medium; a pick-up head coupled to said coding device and positioned along said path at a point subsequent to and so spaced from said recording head that the coding signal derived by said pick-up head is delayed a preselected interval; and means coupled to said apparatus for transmitting said coded television signal to a point remote from said transmitting system.

7. A subscription type of television transmitting system comprising: apparatus for producing a composite television signal representing image information to be transmitted by said transmitter; a coding device coupled to said apparatus and having one operating condition in the absence of a coding signal and actuable to another operating condition in the presence of an applied coding signal for varying the mode of operation of said transmitting system to effect coding of said television signal; a generator for producing a coding signal during spaced intervals; a network coupled to said generator and to said apparatus for including in said television signal key-signal bursts respectively representing said spaced intervals; timedelay apparatus coupling said generator to said coding device and exhibiting a preselected time delay so that each actuation of said coding device is delayed with respect to the corresponding key-signal burst of said television signal by said preselected time; and means for transmitting said coded televisiony signal to a point remote from said transmitting system.

8. A subscription type of television transmitting system comprising: apparatus for producing a composite television signal representing image information to be transmitted by said transmitter; a coding device coupled to said apparatus and responsive to an applied coding signal for varying the mode of operation of said transmitting system to effect coding of said television signal; a generator for producing a coding signal during spaced intervals in accordance with a coding schedule; means coupled to said generator and to said apparatus and controlled in accordance with said coding schedule for including in said television signal key-signal cornponents respectively representing said spaced intervals; a signal recording medium movable along a given path; a recording head coupled to said generator and positioned at one point along said path for recording said coding signal on said medium; a pick-up head coupled to said coding device and positioned along said path at a point subsequent to and so spaced from said recording head that the coding signal derived by said pick-up head is delayed a preselected interval; an erasing head positioned along said path at a point subsequent to said pick-up head for erasing the signal recorded on said medium; and means coupled to said apparatus for transmitting said coded television signal to a point remote from said transmitting system.

9. A subscription type of television transmitting system comprising: a picture-converting device and an associated scanning system for generating video signals representing a subject scanned by said device; synchronizing-signal generating apparatus for controlling said scanning system and for generating synchronizing signals representing the timing characteristics of said device; a mixer amplifier coupled to said device and to said generating apparatus for producing a composite television signal including in alternation said video signals and said synchronizing signals; a coding device coupled to said scanning system and having one operating condition in the absence of a coding signal and actuable to another operating condition in the presence of an applied coding signal for varying the mode of operation of said transmitting system to eiect coding of said television signal; a coding-signal generator coupled to said scanning system for producing a coding signal during spaced intervals; a network coupled to said coding-signal generator and to said mixer for including in said television signal key-signal bursts respectively representing said spaced intervals; a signal recording medium movable along a given path; a recording head coupled to said coding-signal generator and positioned at one point along said path for recording said coding signal on said medium; a pick-up head coupled to said coding device and positioned along said path at a point subsequent to and so spaced from said recording head that the coding signal derived by said pick-up head is delayed a preselected interval; and means coupled to said mixer for transmitting said coded television signal to a point remote from said transmitting system.

10. A subscription type of wave-signal transmitting system comprising apparatus for producing a modulated lcarrier-wave signal having modulation componen-ts representing intelligence to be transmitted; a coding device coupled to said apparatus and responsive to an applied coding signal for varying the mode of operation of said transmitting system -to effect coding of said modulated signal; a generator for producing a coding signal representing a coding schedule;

means coupled to said coding-signal generator for producing a key signal related to said coding schedule for transmission to subscriber receivers; time-delay apparatus coupling said coding-signal generator to said coding device and exhibiting a preselected time delay so that actuation of said coding device is delayed with respect to said key signal by said preselected time; and means for transmitting said coded modulated signal and said key signal to subscriber receivers.

l1. A subscription type of wave-signal transmitting system comprising: apparatus for producing a modulated carrier-wave signal having modulation components representing intelligence to be broadcasted; a coding device coupled to said apparatus responsive to an 'applied coding signal for varying the mode of operation of said transmitting system to effect coding of said modulated signal; a generator for applying a coding signal to said coding device representing a selected coding schedule; apparatus for establishing a subscription charging rate for said modulated signal; means for developing at least l one key signal related to said coding schedule and to said charging rate; and means for transmitting the coded modulated signal and said key signal to subscriber receivers.

l2. A subscription type of wave-signal transmitting system comprising: apparatus for producing a modulated carrier-wave signal having modulation components representing intelligence to be broadcasted; a coding device coupled to said apparatus for varying the mode of operation of said transmitting system to eiect coding of said modulated signal; a generator for producing a signal representing a selected charging rate for said modulated signal; and means for transmitting the coded modulated signal and said charging signal to subscriber receivers.

13. A subscription type of wave-signal transmitting system comprising: apparatus for producing a modulated carrier-wave signal having modulation components representing intelligence to be broadcasted; va coding device coupled to said apparatus responsive to an applied coding signal for varying the mode of operation of said transmitting system to eiect coding of said modulated signal; a generator for applying a coding signal to said coding device representing a selected coding schedule; apparatus for establishing said coding schedule in accordance with a selected subscription rate for said modulated signal; means coupled to said coding-signal generator for developing a key signal related to said coding schedule; and means for transmitting the coded modulated signal and said key signal to subscriber receivers.

14. A method of subscription broadcasting which comprises the following steps: producing a signal representing intelligence to be broadcasted; coding said signal in accordance with a prescribed coding schedule; generating at least one signal representing a selected charging rate for the broadcast intelligence; and transmitting the coded signal and said charging signal to subscriber receivers.

15. A method of subscription broadcasting which comprises the following steps: producing a signal representing intelligence to be broadcasted; coding said signal in accordance with a prescribed coding schedule; establishing said coding schedule to represent a selected charging rate for the broadcast intelligence; developing a signal representing said coding schedule; and transmitting 15 said last-named. signal. and thel coded signal.. tosuiiscriber receivers:

16,. A. subscription typeof' wave-signal. transfmitting; system. comprising-,2. apparatus for pro'- ducin'g; aA modulated carrier-wave; signal having modulation components representing'. intelligence to.'y be transmitted; afcoding device coupled to said apparatus'for Varying the mode of operation of said transmitting system inv accordance Witlr a 'coding schedule; a; generator fordeveloping a signal representing a firstportion` of said coding schedule; a.l code selector coupled to said gen crater for' providing a secondA portion of said coding schedule; and. an. actuator controlled conjointly' by" said signal. from said; generator and by' said code selector and coupled to said coding device to operatesaid coding device in accordance the combined irst and second portions of. said codingscledule.

11'7. A subscription type of Wave-signal transmitting' system comprising: apparatus. for producing a modulated carrier wave signal having modulation components representing intelligence to be transmitted; a coding device coupled to said apparatus for varying the mode of operation. of said transmitting system in accordance with a coding schedule; a key-signal generator for developing a key signal representing a first portion of' said coding schedule; a code selector coupled to said generator for controlling a second portion of said coding schedule: an actuator controlled' conjcintiy by said signal from said genera-tor and by said code selector and coupled to said coding device to` operate said coding device in accordance with the" combined rst and second portions of said coding schedule; and means for modulating said.. key: signal on, said modulated carrier,- Wavey signal for. transmission, to subscribers receiversx.

13. A suloscription.v type.. of; wave-signal transmitting. system: comprising; apparatus for producing a. modulated, carrier- WaveJ signal having modulation: components representing intelligence to: be transmittedt., an lcoding deviceA coupled to said apparatusior varyingthe mode of operation of said; transmitting system, in accordance with a coding schedule: a. key-signal generator for developingV a key signal', representing a first portion of saidcoding'schedule; acude selectorI coupled to said. key-signal". generator and responsive to said key signal; to: complete; the coding sched,- ul'e; an actuator coupledto; said codey selector and tosaid coding device to operate; said.' coding device in accordance with. saidk complete coding sched-v ule'; and. means: for modulating said key signal on said modulated carrier Waveisignal for transmission to subscribers? receiversK GEORGE v. MORRIS. BERTRAND J. NHILER.

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